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The Commonwealth

Daily Copper and Wire Thefts in Grant Co.

By Jamie Baker-Nantz, Grant County News

If you’ve got copper and scrap metal that you want to keep, police are advising you to lock it up or it may disappear. Local police agencies have been inundated with complaints about missing wire and metal from construction sites, houses in foreclosure, churches and businesses. “We are taking complaints nearly every day of stolen copper and scrap from people’s property,” said Williamstown Police Chief Al Rich.